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DAKOTA GRAMMAR 



[Memoirs National 

 [Vol. XXIII, 



SANTEE TEXT 



THE SKEPTIC 

 From a manuscript written by Samuel Pond in 1839 and kept in the library of the Minnesota Historical Society 



'it'o' tuwe' 40 ta'ku wak'q'dasni 41 wac'i'-iu 42 'oki'hi-wac'i s 43 'oya'kapi'. 



they tell it. 



mak'a' 'ama'ni 48 k\ 



earth walking on the 



'atku'ku 55 k\ heya", 53 



his father the said that, 



to'k'ehi wak'q kta," 59 



Now somebody something holy considered by his mind only to succeed tried 



not 



k'oska' 44 wq heya' 9 , 45 Wo' wo' tihni-mde s 46 c 9 a 47 ta'ku 



Youth a said that, "Now to find food I go and 



to'nahi 49 wac'i' kihq 50 mak t a'htqwayekte bl ' b2 *****?' 63 



just as many as I want when to ground fall I cause shall" 



eya 



he said. 



things 

 Then 



ho, 



"O 



CIS, 



son, 



wak'q' tuk'a' heha' " c'e ' 



it is holy 



you say 

 that 



quot.,' 



'eya"; 'u'k'q' heya" 



he said; then he said that, "How indeed holy it (will be)," 



'eya". 



he said. 



'iha' 65 



"Well 



tuwe' 40 t'a'wa sdonwa' 'yesni 



who they are I know not 



'eya". — h\te\ K to'k'es 70 



he said. — "There it is! how 



'u'k'q' 'ak'e' heya", hiya" wak'q' c'e, m 'eya". 'u'k'q' 'ak'e' heya", ta'ku 



Then again he said that, "No it is holy he said. Then again he said that, "What 



'ici'wak'q, 61 'eya". 'u'k'q' 'ak'e' heya", hena' nit'a'wasni tuk'a' heha", 62 'eya". 'u'k'q 1 



it is holy on he said. Then again he said that, "Those yours not but you say that," he said. Then 



account of?" 



'ak'e' heya", tk'a' 63 tuwe' (Vm, 64 'eya". 



again he said "But who they are his?" he said. 



that, his 



tuk 'a' 66 ta'ku wak'q' he' t'a'wa, 67 'eya". 'u'k'q' heya", he' tuwe' t'a'wa kj, wqda'ka, w 



but something holy that they are he said. Then he said "That who they are the you see? 



his," that, one his 



'eya". — hiya", wqmda'kesni, c'qte 'ece'dq '%' 'imdu'kcq 



he said. — No, I see not heart only with I think it," 



sdonya'ye cik'ys 71 heha". ta'kusni c'q' 72 wak'q' yuzi'n 73 'e'n 'a'dapi, niye'k'e 7 * 



know you that for you say that. A nothing whenever holy stretching there ye take along you indeedl 



ta'ku wak'q' yqka' wqda'kajn, 76 'eci'ya'. k'a, hq' 7ba 'eya"; 'iho\ j'eeV, ta'ku wak'q' 



something holy sits ye see it," he said to him. And, "Yes" he said; "Come in that some- holy 



on, case thing 



wani'ca c'e, nisna'na 76 wama.'nica 77 wo'teca 73 k'o' 'owa's t'a'wa wo', 79 'eci'ya'. 'u'k'q' 



there is none, you alone small animals food animals also all his bel" he said to him. Then 



k'oska' 44 k{. heya", 'ec'i m hena' 'itu'ya-'ic'a'gapi Si tuwe' t'a'wa t'qi'ka, 82 'eya"; 



youth the said that, "Of course, those in vain they grow, who it is his it is hardly he said; 



apparent," 



k'a he'c'en 83 wi'hni-ya'. 'u'k'q' heha'ka 8i wq wqya'ka c'a k'ute' tuk'a' m nap'e'sni'. 



to hunt he went. Then elk a he saw it being he shot but it ran away 



so it not. 



'owa'hqketa 86 



at last 



{onau?)} 7 'i'yq wq 'icu' k'a 'u' 



and using it 



and so 



'ak'e's k'ute' 



But again he shot it 



'ahde -yu*s 



set against holding 



tk'a' 8b nap'e'sni (iyaotan). wana' k'ute' -kapi" heha'n 



but it ran away not ? Now of shooting he was tired then 



k'ute' 



he shot 



tuk'a' 66 



but 



k'a 



and 



nap e sni 



it ran away 

 not 



V ta'ku 'ap'a'pi 



with something they strike 



'i'yq 



Stone 



ICU 



he took 



'iye'c'en 



'ap'a". 



he struck. 



'%'k'q' 

 Then 



k'oska' ** 



youth 



'ap'e'kta, 'u'k'q' wahi'yazice 



he was going to then bird's down with something they strike like 

 strike it, 



k\ heya" 'e 'ehq'k'u wo s teca 78 'itu'ya-ini'c'agesni do'. 89 'u'k'q' tuwe' heya", wama'ni 



the 'said that, "Ah it must be food animal in vain you grow not." Then someone said that, "Animals 



mak'a' 'ak'q'n 'u' k'u wic'a'sta 90 t'awa'-ihdawapi-p'icasni' 91 wic'a'sta wq to'k'i 'eya". 



earth on live the, men to try to own- good it is not," man a somewhere said. 



hetq'hq k'oska' 44 k% ku' k'a hdi' heya", 'ate\ to'k'iya mahpi'ya k% mak'a' k\, 



From there youth the came and arriving said that, "Father, somewhere sky the earth the 



home 



c'q' p'ezi 



woods grass 



heya', 



he said that 



iye'c'en 



k'o', 'ate 'uki'api 



also, father we talk like 



ha'o ta'ku sdonwa'yesni tuk'a' 66 



"Yes anything I know not but 



'ia' ke'ya'pi naya'h'usni 92 'eci'ya'. 'u'k'q' 



they talk it is said you heard not?" he said to him. Then 



'iyu'kcq 9i wic'a'sta wqzi'kzi ta'ku wak'q' 



by thinking men certain ones something holy 



See footnotes on page 177. 



